Usually means: Postal system charging one penny.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. penny post: Merriam-Webster
  2. penny post: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. penny-post, penny post: Wordnik
  4. penny post: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Penny post, penny post: Dictionary.com
  6. Penny Post, Penny post: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. penny post: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Penny post: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. penny post: Wiktionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (penny post)

noun:  (historical) Any of various postal systems in which a short letter or light package could be sent for the price of one penny, particularly uniform penny post in which the rate applied regardless of distance.

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